Aegean Airlines have announced a new flight from Manchester to Athens. You will now be able to book a “connection through” flight from Manchester to Mytilene.
Flights are two days a week (Saturday and Monday). With only two flights a week these are going to fill quickly so I would suggest you book well in advance to get the best prices.
Aegean has regular special offers so join their mailing list to get early info on discounts.
Well, the flowers and animals seem to think so! The birds are singing, the bees are out buzzing and the wildflowers have burst into a riot of colour. It’s still rather early so we are hoping that they have got it right and that winter does not have a sting in the tail.
Today it has been 18° C and we have both caught the sun whilst working in the garden (well bog mostly, but I’m sure it will dry out quickly). I spotted these little guys (or girls) and just could not resist trying to capture them (photographically). Click on the picture to get a bigger view.
It is estimated that globally, one woman in three will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. On February 14 ONE BILLION women and those who love them were invited to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence.
I am proud to report that the people of Molyvos stood up to be counted.
The Sarlitza Palace Hotel in Thermi was designed by French architects and built in 1909 by order of the Turkish Sovereign Hasan Mola Moustafa. It once attracted Kings and Heads of State. For more than 40 years visitors and celebrities from all over the world were drawn by its opulence and healing waters. It began to fall into decline in the 60′s and eventually closed in 1980. “Sarlitza Palace” means Palace of the Yellow Spring, after the thermal springs that are located next to the hotel.
The Prefecture of the Northern Aegean has submitted a proposal to the hotel’s current owners to return the Sarlitza Palace to its former glory. The Prefecture will undertake the restoration of the existing buildings and maintenance of the hot springs. It further hopes, pending approval by the state archaeological and other services, to fund the construction of additional facilities to turn the grounds into a thermal spring therapeutic centre or a tourism development centre.
Update June 2014 – Rumour locally is that the project has faltered in its early stages. The fear is that the hotel will be beyond repair and restoration before the bureaucracy is overcome.
I am trying to find more information on the status of the project. Please email us if you have any information to add.
Felt at 16:17 Tuesday 8th January 2013
Magnitude 5.8
39.64º N 25.55° E
Depth of 11 km
Only lasted a couple of seconds but it made my castor chair move.
Reported by Centre Sismologique Euro-Méditerranéen